Game-counter and card-cabinet.



No. 835,844. PATENTED NOV. 13,1906. J. O. BEWAN. GAME GOUNTER AND CARD CABINET. APPLICATION FILED NOV.16.1904.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GAME-COUNTER AND CARD-CABINET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 13, 1906.

Application fil d November 16, 1904. Serial No. 233,046.

To all whom it may concern.-

1 points of a game can be counted and also the number of games recorded.

Another object is to provide a counter and recorder of such construction that the score.

of the player can be indicated irrespective of whether the player is scoring points or receiving setbacks.

Another object of the invention is to provide a construction which can be applied to an individual recorder and counter and also to a device adapted for the use of a number of players, and a still further object is to provide a recorder and counter of such construction that it can be embodied in a cabinet and frame which can be used for advertising puroses.

With these various objects in view the invention consists in the novel features of construction and combination hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings forming a part of this specification, Figure 1 is a top plan view of a recorder and counter constructed in accordance with my invention, the door of the cover being raised for the purpose of exposing the card-holders. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is an irregular section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a detail sectional view on the line 4 4 of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view of the card-holder. Fig. 6 is a perspective view showing an individual recorder and counter.

tion I employ a base A, preferably rectangu-' lar in shape, although it may be of any desired shape and also any convenient size, and fitting upon the cross-strips A is a cabinet B, which is also made of any desired material and shape and which is adapted to contain the operating mechanism of the counter and recorder. The base is preferably provided with ash-trays C, hinged at C, whereby the said trays can be turned outwardly for the purpose of discharging the ashes therefrom. These trays are provided with strips 0 upon which the'cigar is supported. The cabinet B is provided with a top D, which is preferably detachable therefrom, so that in case any part of the mechanism should become deranged the top can be removed for the purpose of rearranging the same, and at the rear end the top is provided with an upwardlyopening hinged door E, so that the cards F, held in the holders G at the rear of the cabinet, can be removed therefrom, the construc tion and operation of said holders being here inafter more fully explained.

I will now proceed to describe the counting and recording mechanism, and inasmuch as the mechanism is the same throughout for each player, the description of one mechanism will be sufficient for the entire device. The top D has four openings D, D D and D produced therein, said openings being in longitudinal alinement with one another, and

the openings D and D constitute one pair enthe opening D is printed the word games.

Through the opening D is displayed a portion of an endless belt H, upon which is marked the letters of the alphabet or any other suitable character for the purpose of designating the name or initial of the player, and through the opening D is displayed a portion of an endless belt H having any desired number of numerals marked thereon'for the purpose of indicating the number of games, and through the openings D and D are displayed portions of endless belts H and II containing numerals for the purpose of indicating the number of points scored during any particular game, and the numerals upon these belts can be so arranged and of such denominations that scores of any magnitude can be had.

The endless belts H, H IF, and H travel upon spools I, loosely mounted upon the horizontal shaft K, which is j ournaled in the upper portion of the cabinet, said spools being so arranged that one character upon each belt will be displayed at its respective opening, and each spool is provided with a milled disk I at one end, which occupies the enlarged end of the opening and projects a short distance above the face of the top, so that the spool can be easily manipulated for the purpose of moving the belt in either direction. Each belt passes around a roller L, mounted upon a shaft M, up over the collar N, mounted upon a shaft 0, and around a roller P adjacent the roller L, mounted upon a shaft Q. Two rollers M and P are employed at the bottom of the case and the one roller N at the top in order to permit the belt to be made of sufficient length to carry the desired number of numer als. It is obvious, however, that two of the rollers can be omittedand the belt caused to travel around only the spool I and the roller L at the bottom. The belt H is preferably made with only a single flight, as most clearly shown in Fig. 3, for the reason that this .belt is only expected to have twenty-six characters marked thereon. Depending guideflanges I serve to hold each pair of spools I in their proper positions, and milled disks I, together with the depending flanges I, also serve to hold each pair of rollers M in their proper positions, and inasmuch as the rollers are held' in their proper positions the belts will of course properly travel. At the bottom of the cabinet the rollersL and P are held in their proper positions by means of a series of spacing-fingers It, punched in a strip R, which extends across the bottom of the cabinet and turned down around the cross-strip A, as shown at R The sides of the cabinet are slotted where the shafts O, M, and Q pass through, and bearing-blocks S are inserted for the purpose of taking up any slack in the belts. Thus it will be seen that by turning the disk in the opening D the belt can be moved so as to bring any particular character into the opening, and in the present instance the letter A is shown, and by moving the disk in the opening I) the desired numeral can be brought into the opening for the purpose of indicating the number of games, and in the present instance the numeral 2 is shown. By moving the disks in the openings D and D the proper number of points can be brought to view, and in practice I prefer to arrange the numerals from 1 to 50 upon each belt, so that taking the two belts as'one a score as high as five thousand and fifty can be made.

Inasmuch as there are games in which a player can be set back as well as pointed forward, it becomes necessary to indicate by means of the recorder whether the player is progressing or being set back, and for this purpose I produce two openings T and T in the top of the cabinet directly above the openings D and D and connect them by means of a slot T and working in the slot is a knob T carrying a slide T, which has upon the left-hand end the letter S to designate set-back, and upon the righthand end the letter P to indicate the points and by shifting the knob T the letter S or P can be displayed, indicating that the player has received a set-back or a definite number, and in the present instance this set-back is indicated by the numeral 25.

In the construction shown in Fig. 6 all of the parts operate in substantially the same manner, and it is only necessary to have one opening and belt indicating the games and two openings and belts for the purpose of indicating the score, as the individual player will keep his counter by him, and it will therefore not be necessary to have any belt for designating the particular player. The adjustable slide for indicating the set-back and points is exactly the same as the construction before referred to.

It is of the utmost importance that one or more packs of cards be kept with each game counter and recorder, and it is also important that each pack be kept in a compact form, and for this purpose I have arranged a cardholder G at the rear of the case, which cardholder preferably consists of two inverted- U- shaped spring-metal bails G, connected to the strip G arranged in the bottom of the cabinet, the pack of cards F being inserted between these spring members, as most clearly shown in Fig. 3, and connected to the inner member is a ribbon G which is of suflicient length to extend entirely down to the strip G and upwardly over the rear end of the cabinet, as shown in Fig. 3, the cards resting upon this piece of ribbon when in place, and when it is desired to remove the cards from the cabinet the door E is raised, and by pulling upon the ribbon the cards can be elevated and projected through the opening in the top. The memorandum-cards, of celluloid or any other suitable material, can be arranged upon the inner face of the door E, and upon which notes or memoranda relating to the games can be written.

From the above description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, it

will be seen that I provide a simple and efficient game counter and recorder which will operate in the manner described and for the purpose set forth.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a game counter and recorder, a base having a cabinet arranged thereon, the top of said case or cabinet having a plurality of openings therein, an upwardly opening hinged door constituting part of the top, a card-holder arranged within the cabinet below the door, and means connected with said card-holder for projecting the cards through ber of games and points, said top also having IO the door, the endless belts arranged Within the openings T, and T, connected by a slot the cabinet, and adapted to have portions T and a slide T movable by the knob T thereof displayed through the openings, tosaid slide having characters thereon, to indigether with means for moving the said belts cate set-back and points.

as set forth. JAMES O. BEWAN.

2. In a game counter and recorder, a top Witnesses: I having a plurality of openings through which CHAS. E. BROOK,

are displayed characters indicating the num- EDGAR B. MCBATI-I. 

